tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post531803620260249617..comments2024-03-28T08:13:56.915-04:00Comments on Best Actor: Alternate Best Actor 1971: Al Pacino in The Panic in Needle ParkLouis Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-33640024369736577612016-04-24T20:55:38.720-04:002016-04-24T20:55:38.720-04:00Anonymous:
I find that a far to frequent excuse f...Anonymous:<br /><br />I find that a far to frequent excuse for a bad performance. I don't that's justified at all in that case given that Peck's approach was not really wrong so to speak, the problem was that he was bland in the "sane" scenes and horribly hammy in the "insane" scenes. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-42054846400639358062016-04-24T18:10:13.120-04:002016-04-24T18:10:13.120-04:00So I watched Cold Mountain all the way through las...So I watched Cold Mountain all the way through last night, and I have only this to ask: Why did none of you warn me about the Melora Walters horror movie sex scene inexplicably thrown in there?!Robert MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264501767985746886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-54536223356311644902016-04-24T18:06:57.410-04:002016-04-24T18:06:57.410-04:00I'll just switch Hayes with Stanwyck for Irene...I'll just switch Hayes with Stanwyck for Irene, since she had more chemistry with Cooper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-56110001098440836082016-04-24T17:12:14.431-04:002016-04-24T17:12:14.431-04:00Just finished watching Swamp Water. Pretty good at...Just finished watching Swamp Water. Pretty good atmospheric film. Worth watching. Huston and Brennan were great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-48704995812668863222016-04-24T16:38:44.583-04:002016-04-24T16:38:44.583-04:00Calvin: The Black Room (1935) and The Body Snatche...Calvin: The Black Room (1935) and The Body Snatcher (1945). I have to say that for me, it's a tie between Karloff and Milland for Best Actor of 1945. <br /><br />Another retrocasting.<br />Drive (1930's version, by William A. Wellman)<br />The Driver: Gary Cooper (Perfect cast to me, and it shouldn't be hard for Wellman to get a good performance out of Coop)<br />Irene: Helen Hayes<br />Shannon: Walter Huston<br />Bernie Rose: Louis Wolheim<br />Nino: Edward G. Robinson<br />Blanche: Jean HarlowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-80539573301128444182016-04-24T16:23:04.793-04:002016-04-24T16:23:04.793-04:00Anonymous: Afraid not, could you list them again?
...Anonymous: Afraid not, could you list them again?<br /><br />For retro castings, I love that Hellboy cast. <br /><br />The Sixth Sense (1960's directed by Jack Clayton)<br />Dr Crowe: Dirk Bogarde<br />Cole: Martin Stephens<br />Lynn: Maureen O'HaraCalvin Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392068349392739631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-45004604277270479822016-04-24T12:34:33.348-04:002016-04-24T12:34:33.348-04:00Feeling a little bored. How about some retro casti...Feeling a little bored. How about some retro castings?<br /><br />Hellboy (1930's, by James Whale)<br />Hellboy: Boris Karloff<br />Liz: Louise Brooks<br />Abe: John Carradine<br />Krauss: Claude Rains<br />Prince Nuada: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.~<br />Tom Manning: Edward G. Robinson<br />Professor Broom: Harry Davenport<br /><br />Drive (1940's, by Robert Siodmak)<br />The Driver: Burt Lancaster<br />Irene: Ava Gardner<br />Shannon: Humphrey Bogart<br />Bernie Rose: Edward G. Robinson<br />Nino: Paul Muni<br />Blanche: Veronica Lake<br /><br />300 (1950's version, by William Wyler)<br />Leonidas: Charlton Heston<br />Gorgo: Anne Baxter<br />Xerxes: Yul BrynnerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-8615607121179376152016-04-24T10:54:45.468-04:002016-04-24T10:54:45.468-04:00Calvin: So, have you seen those Karloff performanc...Calvin: So, have you seen those Karloff performances I recommended to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-52643531796788245622016-04-24T10:51:22.422-04:002016-04-24T10:51:22.422-04:00He's really good in Portrait of Jennie. Simple...He's really good in Portrait of Jennie. Simple role but he nails the wonderment of the artist perfectly.Calvin Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392068349392739631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-20568286489987354802016-04-24T10:28:59.104-04:002016-04-24T10:28:59.104-04:00Saw two films, Love Letters and Portrait of Jennie...Saw two films, Love Letters and Portrait of Jennie, both starring Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones. Good films. For both of his performances, I give Cotten a 4,5. Cotten is such an underrated actor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-45043401160147976772016-04-24T10:25:44.160-04:002016-04-24T10:25:44.160-04:00Saw Miles Ahead. Fairly bog standard in terms of t...Saw Miles Ahead. Fairly bog standard in terms of the script and it doesn't do the flashback/flashforward musical biopic as well as Love & Mercy, but it's intriguingly directed, and of course features a great central performance from...<br /><br />Cheadle: 4.5 (verging on a 5, and he probably will be, just need to ruminate about how exactly Cheadle utilises himself as an actor in the film and how much is down to his direction)<br /><br />McGregor: 4 (would say he's supporting)<br /><br />Stuhlbarg: 3<br />Corinealdi: 3<br />Stanfield: 3Calvin Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392068349392739631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-55515239988079091472016-04-24T07:57:42.492-04:002016-04-24T07:57:42.492-04:00Louis: People have defended Peck's performance...Louis: People have defended Peck's performance in Spellbound because he was supposed to play the part that way. What do you think of this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-13891377013890857442016-04-24T06:54:20.203-04:002016-04-24T06:54:20.203-04:00Henson was actually my favorite performance in Moc...Henson was actually my favorite performance in Mockingjay Part 2. Then again, he was mute.Robert MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264501767985746886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-57754519427103408682016-04-24T00:55:12.974-04:002016-04-24T00:55:12.974-04:00Henson - (He's really pretty terrible, and has...Henson - (He's really pretty terrible, and hasn't really gotten any better since his days as a member of the Mighty Ducks. His comic timing is horrible, and completely fails in that department in that he's far more annoying than endearing. To make it all worse though is how whiny they made him this season as all he ever does is go "stop being Daredevil!" every other sentence. That unfortunately only makes things worse, and I had a very strong urge to fast forward through all of Foggy's scenes)<br /><br />Yung - (She's got the exotic down, a bit of the allure, and a bit of psychosis needed for Elektra but I don't think it quite adds up to quite a satisfying performance. Her work, despite Elektra doing some rather intense things throughout, always seems a bit light weight as just fitting the role of the femme fatale without going any deeper than the more obvious traits of such a character. Elektra's a great character and while being a major step up from the last rendition(which is not saying anything)it still leaves more than a little to be desired)<br /><br />Glenn - (Continues to be a perfect Stick. I particularly loved his final scene in the season.)<br /><br />D'Onofrio - (Greatly preferred him this season than last, maybe he eased up on the mannerisms a little or maybe I just got use to them. Either way I finally felt he exuded the sort of menace I had wanted from him last season, particularly in the scene where he directly threatens Murdock. I found him extremely compelling here altogether especially in the scenes where he quietly orchestrates the hostile takeover of his cell block)<br /><br />Bernthal - (The unquestionable MVP of the season for me as he just nails the Punisher down from the first time we see him. His whole creation of the man is so remarkable from his completely hollow eyes to his voice that sounds as though he's speaking with a few shards of glass in his throat. Bernthal makes it all feel natural to Frank, and is brilliant as he suggests exactly what the experience has done to him. What I love is the way Bernthal manages to combine this absolutely chilling unemotional soullessness on the surface as Frank kills, while always carrying the striking hatred in this internal intensity, as well as a definite overwhelming sadness that is truly the core of Frank. This was an amazing performance and he especially deserves credit for somehow pulling off "Frank gives love advice" scene. That should not have worked but Bernthal made it work.)<br /><br />Anonymous:<br /><br />I would not mind giving either of them a full review, Pesci in particular. <br /><br />Robert:<br /><br />It's possible. I strangely enough have never re-watched it.Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-38871266170296849792016-04-24T00:55:03.325-04:002016-04-24T00:55:03.325-04:00Anonymous:
I'd say so.
Tahmeed:
Glad to se...Anonymous:<br /><br />I'd say so. <br /><br />Tahmeed:<br /><br />Glad to see you liked it and took to Rockwell.<br /><br />Luke:<br /><br />I'll try to get you those sometime soon, but I want to try to focus on writing the next review at the moment. <br /><br />Also Hardy's a great fit for Feraud but I think I'd go Matthias Schoenaerts for D'Hubert. <br /><br />Anonymous:<br /><br />I think I might have covered Douglas, Parker and Grant in the past. However for the rest...Freed, McMahon and especially William Bendix, as per usual, do well to give a lot of life to their characters who technically are just going through their duties as detective. You feel as though you get to know each of them from these situations though, again Bendix especially who is rather moving in the final scenes of the film.<br /><br />Wiseman - 3(A bit over the top at times but I still found him to be effective enough as the brash petty thug)<br /><br />Anonymous:<br /><br />Noted. <br /><br />Kevin:<br /><br />The second season is far less cohesive than the first, and I really don't think they manage to pull the strands together in an effective fashion. In addition the show really struggles to give any purpose to Karen and Foggy, and I think tonally they are little awkward in the scheme of things. The Hand villains work well enough if a bit standard, and I was not thrilled with how they decided to handle Elektra's whole story. She still handled it a million times better than the movie version, but I thought they tried too hard to give an explanation to her nasty side, where some psychopathy is a good enough explanation. Now the actions scenes are still very strong, and more importantly almost everything involving the Punisher was exceptional, all except the attempts to keep Karen part of it made it far more convoluted than it needed to be. However everything he did was compelling and made for some particularly memorable moments in his interactions with Daredevil as well as in prison. It was definitely an uneven season but what did not work so well wasn't really bad still, and what did work was great. <br /><br />Cox - (Continues to do very solid work in both sides of the role. I will say he had a bit less to work with here, given his arc that the Punisher should have compelled was already handled in season one. His role is less dynamic here, which unfortunately stems from the shortcomings in the Elektra storyarc, but he does well as the very much the straight forward hero. There seems like there probably should have been more in terms of the relationship with Elektra but again I think it's much more the fault of the writing.)<br /><br />Woll - (I think she's okay for the most part, but she's not good enough to make up for the artificial way they try to give her a point unfortunately. Also her scenes are a bit too repetitive, though not to the extent of the one below her, and her character does not really advance in a particularly interesting way here.)Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-48481820557321547312016-04-23T16:10:21.088-04:002016-04-23T16:10:21.088-04:00So, I just watched Libeled Lady and it was very en...So, I just watched Libeled Lady and it was very enjoyable. Powell was great as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-64869422513022830652016-04-23T15:29:12.323-04:002016-04-23T15:29:12.323-04:00Louis: Seen anything new lately.Louis: Seen anything new lately.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-49015413476446742712016-04-23T14:41:41.970-04:002016-04-23T14:41:41.970-04:00I just saw Everybody Wants Some!! and kind of love...I just saw Everybody Wants Some!! and kind of loved it. Robert MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264501767985746886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-26928276513939826772016-04-23T14:25:02.029-04:002016-04-23T14:25:02.029-04:00The Jungle Book hit the good ol' nostalgic spo...The Jungle Book hit the good ol' nostalgic spot, I liked it a great deal. Beautiful to look at and I liked the deviations from the original.<br /><br />Sethi: 3<br />Kingsley: 3/3.5<br />Elba: 3.5<br />Nyong'o: 3<br />Murray: 3.5 (perfection)<br />Walken: 3.5 (my favourite, and hearing him sing 'I Wan'na Be Like You' is just...great.)<br />Johnasson: 2.5Calvin Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392068349392739631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-20248550434930777602016-04-23T13:01:58.804-04:002016-04-23T13:01:58.804-04:00Luke: You're absolutely spot on.Luke: You're absolutely spot on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-54081427202623870692016-04-23T12:59:08.449-04:002016-04-23T12:59:08.449-04:00Anonymous:
D'Hubert - Ben Whishaw
Feraud - To...Anonymous: <br />D'Hubert - Ben Whishaw<br />Feraud - Tom HardyLuke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-7060823445987744732016-04-23T12:21:07.858-04:002016-04-23T12:21:07.858-04:00Luke: How about British actors for Carradine and K...Luke: How about British actors for Carradine and Keitel's roles?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-80789610441464371112016-04-23T12:13:43.882-04:002016-04-23T12:13:43.882-04:00Louis: If Bogart didn't die in 1957, what role...Louis: If Bogart didn't die in 1957, what roles could you see him in? I think he could have played March's role in Seven Days in May.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-66735779570930958172016-04-23T10:03:31.555-04:002016-04-23T10:03:31.555-04:00Anonymous: That's OK. :)Anonymous: That's OK. :)Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-27486252732709693012016-04-23T09:59:09.572-04:002016-04-23T09:59:09.572-04:00Luke: Can't think of any other choice.Luke: Can't think of any other choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com